Le patriarcat oecumenique de constantinople, les eglises autocephales orthodoxes de chypre et de grece, et la politeia monastique du mont athos dans l'europe unie

The ecumenical patriarchate of constantinople, the orthodox autocephalous churches of cyprys and of greece, and the mona tic politeia of mount athos in united europe. Nomocanonical approach

• Auteur / Autrice : Grigorios D. Papathomas
• Direction : Brigitte Basdevant-Gaudemet
• Type : Thèse de doctorat
• Discipline(s) : Histoire du droit
• Date : Soutenance en 1994
• Etablissement(s) : Paris 11

Résumé

Les changements geo-politiques survenus lors de l unification europeenne de 1993 portent des consequences nomocanoniques deja visibles pour l eglise orthodoxe d europe, dont les caracteristiques peuvenet etre decelees a deux niveaux. D une part, l unification du territoire continental europeen impose de nouvelles conditions prealables pour l application du systeme de l autocephalie, qui ne peuvent etre identiques a celles qui ont domine durant la procedure de proclamation d une autocephalie ecclesiale tout au long du 19e et 20e siecle (abolition de l etat national et de l etatisme institutionnel). D autre part, il en resulte des changements geo-ecclesiastiques au niveau europeen tels que l application du systeme metropolitain, l harmonisation des differents statuts metropolitains existant dans l europe communautaire, le rattachement des "metropoles des nouveaux territoires" (grece du nord) au patriarcat oecumenique, le statut autocephale des eglises locales orthodoxes, ainsi que les normes constitutionnelles helleniques en matiere ecclesiastiques. Enfin, l apport communautaire et communionnel seculaire de l eglise orthodoxe demeure un element fondamental (cf. "hellenisme chretien") pour l edification europeenne "deja et pas encore". Les eglises locales orthodoxes concernees par le fait de l europe communautaire unies sont : le patriarcat oecumenique de constantinople - y compris la politeia monastique du mont athos (centre geo-monastique)-, l eglise autocephale de chypre et l eglise orthodoxe de grece.

The geopolitical changes brought about by the creation of the european unification process in 1993 have nomocanonical consequences which are already visible for the orthodox church in europe, the characteristics of which can be detected at two different levels. On the one hand, the unification of the continental european territory dictates new prerequisites for the application of the system of autocephaly, which cannot be identical to those which were dominant during the process proclaiming an ecclesial autocephaly throughout the 19th and 20th centuries (abolition of the national state and institutional statism). On the other hand, there are consequences which concern geo-ecclesial changes at the european level such as : the application of the metropolitan system, the harmonisation of the different forms of metropolitan status existing in the european community, the re-attachment of the "metropolies of new territories" (northern greece) to the ecumenical patriarchate, the autocephalous status of orthodox local churches, as well as the hellenic constitutional norms in ecclesiastical matters. Finally, the secular community and communial contribution of the orthodox church remains a basic element ("christian hellenism") for the construction of europe "already and still not yet". The orthodox local churches concerned by the existence and formation of the european union are : the ecumenical patriarchate of constantinople